James 1:10

Good News Translation

and the rich Christians must be glad when God brings them down. For the rich will pass away like the flower of a wild plant.

Cross References

Job 14:2

We grow and wither as quickly as flowers; we disappear like shadows.

Psalm 102:11

My life is like the evening shadows; I am like dry grass.

Psalm 103:15

As for us, our life is like grass. We grow and flourish like a wild flower;

Psalm 37:2

They will soon disappear like grass that dries up; they will die like plants that wither.

Psalm 39:6

no more than a shadow. All we do is for nothing; we gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.

Isaiah 40:6

A voice cries out, “Proclaim a message!” “What message shall I proclaim?” I ask. “Proclaim that all human beings are like grass; they last no longer than wild flowers.

Isaiah 40:7

Grass withers and flowers fade when the Lord sends the wind blowing over them. People are no more enduring than grass.

Isaiah 57:15

“I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.

Isaiah 66:2

I myself created the whole universe! I am pleased with those who are humble and repentant, who fear me and obey me.

Matthew 5:3

“Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!

Matthew 6:30

It is God who clothes the wild grass—grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won't he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have!

1 Corinthians 7:31

those who deal in material goods, as though they were not fully occupied with them. For this world, as it is now, will not last much longer.

Philippians 3:8

Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in the things of this life not to be proud, but to place their hope, not in such an uncertain thing as riches, but in God, who generously gives us everything for our enjoyment.

James 4:14

You don't even know what your life tomorrow will be! You are like a puff of smoke, which appears for a moment and then disappears.

1 Peter 1:24

As the scripture says, “All human beings are like grass, and all their glory is like wild flowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fall,

1 John 2:17

The world and everything in it that people desire is passing away; but those who do the will of God live forever.